Knuckle Salad’s Tootsie Pop Rock Martini and At Home with Rebecka’s Bite My Sweet Tarts-Tini were judged the most exciting by readers of the Marx Foods blog and the other contestants but all the recipes warrant a peek to discover new techniques and ideas for using this cutting-edge cocktail ingredient.

Other unusual cocktail ingredients packed with possibility are dulce buttons and shiso leaves. We offer a mixologist sampler that combines all three into a single order so you can experiment to your heart’s content.